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Thursday, November 10, 2011

On 6th November after two weeks of
extensive research (reviewing the reviews of blogs & websites about
smart-phones) I decided against my younger brother's advice (which was
to buy a Android phone, preferably a device from Samsung Galaxy series)
and bought Nokia 701 - equipped with Symbian Belle and the world's
brightest phone in terms of 'nits' till date.

Why
I preferred it over any other device will be discussed in another post.
This post is about a problem that occurred when I wanted to connect to
the internet by using the 3G services of my mobile.

First
of all, since the package did not contain any CDs which might have
contained an installer for Nokia Ovi Suite, I was a bit confused.
Actually, since the phone has an internal memory of 8GB, Nokia decided
to save a few bucks by dumping the software on the device memory itself.

1.
Thus you can find the Nokia Ovi Suite installer in the E:\ Drive of
your phone which is referred to as 'Mass Memory' by Nokia 701.
2. You need to run the set-up.
3.
Once the installation is complete, connect your device through USB and
make sure your phone is in 'Dual Mode' for using 3G services (it is by
default).
4. The Device Driver for the Phone will be installed followed by a connection with the Nokia Ovi Suite.
5. Click on 'Connect to Internet'

This
process was quite easy and proceeded smoothly. However, after sometime
the real problem began. The phone got disconnected and I tried to
reconnect it. The Nokia Ovi Suite said it needed an update for further
use. I let it update itself. But, it failed to update because there was
no internet connection! The worst thing was the Nokia Ovi Suite has been programmed to exit, if you chose NOT to update it. This is really bad. They should have thought about it.

For
update, I needed internet connection, and for internet connection I
needed Ovi Suite to be connected to my device! It was a trap. I was
stuck.

I needed some other internet device, but I had none. Imagine the situation. What would you do?

The
idea struck me! And its simplicity was amazing. May be you have guessed
it. May be not. So here are the steps to get your Nokia Ovi Suite
getting updated and getting connected to the internet.

So
you see no you have the updated Nokia Ovi Suite 3.0 (which is displayed
as 'Nokia Suite') and the internet connection you want!

I
must tell you that the version 3 of Nokia Suite is much better. The
Graphics and the functionality are much better than the previous
version. I recommend you update your Nokia Suite ASAP.P.S.
The funny part is.... if you search (Google) for Nokia 701 or you
search in the websites of major dealers you get info and image of Nokia WH 701 Stereo Headset!!